Factors affecting the adoption of B2B e-commerce technologies

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-236

  Sila, Ismail ^a  

^a GIRNE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Adoption factors; B2B electronic commerce; Contextual variables; Information technology; Internet; Interorganizational information systems; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ADOPTION FACTORS; B2B E-COMMERCE; B2B ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES; FIRM SIZE; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; ONLINE SURVEYS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 84878111687     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-013-9110-7     Document Type: Article

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